It feels like there might be some green in there. Do black or white often do the taunt effect?
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Not really, but Kindred is a dual existence, so I figure having them be dual colored could work for flavor reasons.
Plan Ahead - UU
Enchantment
Your opponents play with their hands and the top cards of their libraries revealed.
You may look at the top card of your library.
I have a mechanic that's a tweak on Crew and I need a better name than "Blood Drive".
Blood-Driven Engine (2B)
Artifact - Vehicle
[5/5]
Blood Drive 2 (Sacrifice any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
(Note: This card is underpowered, I just made it up in four seconds as an example.)
Edited by CountDorku on Aug 31st 2018 at 2:21:23 AM
I've posted this on another thread, but I might as well post them here too. Here are some mock-Commander products I designed based on my ongoing My Little Planeswalker series:
Theme: Spellslinger
Subtheme: Extra Combats
Primary Commander:
+2: Draw a card, then discard a card. If an instant or sorcery card is discarded this way, draw another card.
-3: Exile target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard. Copy that card, except the copy has lifelink. You may cast the copy this turn.
-12: Exile up to one instant or sorcery card from your hand. At the beginning of each of your upkeeps for the rest of the game, if it isn't an extra turn, copy the exiled card and you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.
Twilight, Soul of Magic can be your commander.
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Secondary Commanders: Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest
and Ruhan of the Fomori
Sample Cards: Mizzix of the Izmagnus, Past in Flames, Taigam, Ojutai Master, Waves of Aggression, Plea for Power
Theme: Lifegain
Subtheme: Weenies
Primary Commander:
Legendary Planeswalker — Sunset
0: Create Sunset Flare, a legendary 3/3 red and white Elemental Avatar creature token with vigilance, lifelink, and haste.
-2: Scry 1. If you gained life this turn, draw a card.
-7: Destroy target nonland permanent. You lose 7 life.
Whenever you gain life, put a loyalty counter on Sunset, Radiant Dusk
Sunset, Radiant Dusk can be your commander.
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Secondary Commanders: Alesha, Who Smiles at Death and Licia, Sanguine Tribune.
Sample Cards: Crested Sunmare, Karlov of the Ghost Council, Inspiring Commander, Brightflame, From Under The Floorboards
Theme: Self-Mill/Dredge
Subtheme: Graveyard Theft
Primary Commander:
Legendary Planeswalker — Wallflower
+1: Put the top three cards of your library into your graveyard. If at least one of them is a permanent card, create a 0/2 green Plant Wall creature token with defender.
-3: Choose target permanent card in your graveyard or target instant or sorcery card in an opponent’s graveyard. You may play the chosen card this turn.
-8: Choose a card from each player’s graveyard. Put all land cards chosen this way onto the battlefield under your control, then cast all nonland cards chosen this way without paying their mana costs.
Wallflower, the Forgotten can be your commander.
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Secondary Commanders: Tasigur, the Golden Fang and The Mimeoplasm
Sample Cards: Wrexial, the Risen Deep, Deadbridge Chant, Dreamborn Muse, Beacon of Unrest, World Shaper
Theme: “Cards In Hand Matter”
Subtheme: Landfall/Lands
Primary Commander:
Legendary Planeswalker — Clover
+2: Draw a card, then return a land you control to its owner’s hand. You may play an additional land this turn.
+1: Add an amount of C equal to the number of cards in your hand minus 4.
-11: Put X +1/+1 counters on each creature you control, where X is half the number of cards in your hand, rounded up.
You have no maximum hand size.
Clover, Mystic Mind can be your commander.
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Secondary Commanders: Thrasios, Triton Hero and Tishana, Voice of Thunder
Sample Cards: Kefnet the Mindful, Avenger of Zendikar, Rites of Flourishing, Spontaneous Generation, Psychosis Crawler
Edited by Zennistrad on Aug 30th 2018 at 12:50:03 PM
I was going to comment that "landfall" and "cards in hand" might be an awkward fit for each other, but Clover's first ability is an interesting way to marry them.
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One For All - 1W
Enchantment
If a player would gain life, each player gains that much life instead.
All For One - 4B
Enchantment
Your opponents can't gain life.
If an opponent would gain life, you gain that much life instead.
I've been idly thinking about using double-faced cards to represent something like the Eternals. Something like...
Reckless Zealot 1RW
Creature - Protoss Warrior
Double Strike
2/2
—FLIP—
Wise Dragoon
Artifact Creature - Protoss Warrior
Reach, Menace
Reconstruct 2WB (During your main phase, you may pay 2WB to cast this card from your graveyard. If a creature with Reconstruct dies, exile it.)
3/3
I think that mechanically, that ability would need to be on the front of the card. Also, while Reconstruct is a good name, I can't help but think that the mechanic is so flexible that limiting it to just this context is actually doing it a disservice; I might call it something like "rebirth".
As an example:
Ancient Hero (2WW)
Creature - Human Warrior
3/3
Vigilance
Rebirth 4WW (You may cast this card from your graveyard. If you do, it enters the battlefield transformed)
[Reverse side]
Spectral Guardian
(W) Creature - Spirit Warrior
4/4
Vigilance, flying
When ~ enters the battlefield, you gain 4 life.
If ~ would leave the battlefield, exile it.
That's a much better way to do it. Thanks!
Yeah, I wasn't gonna make it a Star Craft set, so it was just the first concept that came to mind. I'd almost have been tempted to call it is Reincarnate, since they come back in a different form, but that's the name of a card. For now, Rebirth it is!
Diablo - 3RBU
Legendary Creature - Demon Lord
Protection from Spells and Activated Abilities
UU: Diablo gains Flying until end of turn
1BR: Deal 3 damage to target creature
"You will regret the day you faced me. For I am the Diablo, a Demon Lord from another world!"
8/8
Edited by StephanReiken on Sep 16th 2018 at 5:57:20 AM
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All-Consuming Portal - 7
Artifact
Imprint - At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses 3 life unless he or she exiles a card from his or her hand.
At the beginning of each player's end step, that player chooses a card exiled with ~. If the chosen is an instant or sorcery card, that player copies it and may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. If the chosen card is a permanent card, that player puts a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of the chosen card.
It promises power to those who stand upon the precipice, showing them illusions of infallibility. Yet they all are swallowed in the end.
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Scythemaker - 4
Artifact Creature - Scarecrow
{2}, {T}: Create a colorless Equipment artifact token named Scythe. It has "Equipped creature gets +1/+1 and has double strike" and Equip {3}.
1/4
Because sometimes you just need a scythe.
The Prism's Secret - WUBRG
Legendary Enchantment
Each creature you control gets +1/+1 for each of its colors.
White creatures you control have vigilance.
Blue creatures you control have flying.
Black creatures you control have wither.
Red creatures you control have haste.
Green creatures you control have trample.
Bedevil (1U)
Instant - Malefic
Kicker 1R
Counter target instant or sorcery spell. If Bedevil was kicked, create a 1/1 red Devil creature token. It has "When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target."
I was actually kind of astounded that "Bedevil" was not taken as a card name.
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Jevil - 3BR
Legendary Creature - Devil Wizard
Haste, Wither, Flying
Jevil attacks each turn if able.
At the beginning of your end step, choose a player at random. That player gains control of Jevil.
At the beginning of your upkeep, choose a permanent at random. Destroy that permanent.
4/4
Chaos chaos cHaOs ChaOS! I can do anything!
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Eternal Peace - 7WW
Enchantment
Prevent all damage.
Players can't lose life.
Stop Hitting Yourself - 4BR
Instant
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn. Whenever damage from a source is prevented this way, ~ deals that much damage to that source's controller.
Dwarven Woodchopper (1RR)
Creature - Dwarf Soldier
2/2
Menace
Whenever ~ blocks or becomes blocked by a Plant creature, ~ deals 1 damage to that creature's controller.
"Now tha's what I like ta see!" - Durkon Thundershield
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Based on some RP characters I'm playing.
Mikael - 2WUB
Legendary Creature - Demon Warrior
Flying, Hexproof
Other Demon creatures you control get +1/+1.
Other Legendary Demon creatures you control have Hexproof.
Partner
2/4
Ellie - 2WBR
Legendary Creature - Demon Warrior
Haste, Flying, Trample
Whenever ~ attacks, it deals 2 damage to target creature defending player controls. If you control another Legendary Demon, ~ deals 5 damage to that target instead.
Partner
4/1
The Last Spawn of Ulamog (5)
Legendary Creature - Eldrazi
0/0
Haste
~ enters the battlefield with seven +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever ~ attacks, blocks, or becomes blocked, remove a +1/+1 counter from ~.
With the titans felled, their fragments gradually withered away - but even a dying Eldrazi is still a threat.
Love the concept.
So if I attack with it and you block it, it'll lose two counters? That invites your opponent to wear it down with chump blockers, which I think could interact interestingly with other cards.
That's my thought, yeah.
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That's actually probably overcosted given the big drawback. Compare Clockwork Hydra. For the same mana cost, it enters with 3 fewer counters and doesn't have haste, but it isn't legendary, doesn't lose a counter from being blocked, does damage upon losing a counter, and can regain lost counters. Also an artifact, but that's neither a strict upgrade or downgrade.
Also, I am now inspired:
Clockwork Eldrazi - 4
Artifact Creature - Eldrazi
~ enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it.
Whenever ~ attacks or blocks, remove a +1/+1 counter from it.
Put two cards your opponents own from exile into their owners' graveyards: put a +1/+1 counter on ~.
0/0
After much winding, it sprang to life. After much screaming, it was finally stopped.
- Malignant Magnificence of Yawgmoth 5BBBB
- Legendary Enchantment
- You can cast cards from your graveyard by paying 3 life instead of their CMC. Exile all cards cast from your graveyard by this effect.
- Gods of Death and Destruction come and go, but none can equal their ultimate predecessor.
Edited by NickTheSwing on Dec 16th 2018 at 1:37:58 AM
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Never Lost - 4WW
Enchantment
When ~ enters the battlefield, each player puts all exiled cards they owns on the bottom of their library in any order.
If a card would be exiled, put it on the bottom of its owner's library instead.
Null Zone - 7UU
Enchantment
{1}: Counter target spell. Any player may activate this ability.
"What is is?"
"It's nothing. Literally."
- Final Volcano of Shiv 4RRRRR
- Legendary Enchantment
- Whenever you cast a Red instant or sorcery, deal 3 damage to target creature, Planeswalker or Player. A creature dealt damage by this effect is exiled instead of being sent to the graveyard this turn.
- The ultimate expression of furious volcanic wrath.
- Resurgence of Yavimaya 6GGGG
- Legendary Enchantment
- Whenever you tap a Forest for Mana, add G to your Mana pool for each Land you control.
- You can play Land cards from your graveyard, and you can play as many lands as possible per turn.
- Creature spells you cast cannot be countered, and creatures you control have Trample.
Kindred - 6WB
What is so amusing about this? Why do you take lives? How can you forget?Legendary Creature - Sheep Spirit Archer
{T}: Exile target creature.
{T}: Create a 6/1 black Wolf Spirit token with haste and "when this creature deals damage to a creature, exile that creature." This turn, creatures your opponents control must block that token if possible. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the end step.
2/5
"Choose: my arrows..."
"...or my teeth!"